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Robocalls in Tennessee

Tennessee consumers have filed 22,091 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 19,952 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-11-03 — 2.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 18 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 9% on the 12 months before that.

22,091
FCC complaints
24,855
FTC DNC reports
7,043
FTC reports, last 30 days
#18
National rank (FCC)

What Tennessee residents are reporting

24,855 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Tennessee since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 22%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified9,52538%
  • Debt reduction5,34622%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)3,00212%
  • Medical & prescriptions2,51210%
  • No subject given1,8077%
  • Dropped call / no message1,5976%
  • Warranties & protection plans3511%

When the calls come (as reported)

28% between 2pm and 5pm; 94% on weekdays, most on Thursdays.

Week by week

7,141 complaints from Tennessee in the last four weeks, up 1% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Tennessee

47% of the calls Tennessee residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 49% showed a Tennessee area code of any kind. 16% came from toll-free numbers. Robocallers display a local-looking number because people are more likely to answer one; the number on screen usually has nothing to do with who is calling. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code11,69547%
  • Another Tennessee area code5572%
  • Toll-free number3,86616%
  • Out-of-state area code8,73735%

Area codes on the calls

  • 423 (Tennessee)3,02612%
  • 615 (Tennessee)2,85511%
  • 901 (Tennessee)1,8557%
  • 865 (Tennessee)1,8427%
  • 931 (Tennessee)1,5836%
  • 8339504%

Tennessee area codes

Each county is coloured by the area code that holds most of its phone prefixes. Overlay codes share one territory and one colour. Complaint counts are from Tennessee residents since Jul 24.

Map of Tennessee counties coloured by area code: 931, 423/729, 731, 615/629, 865, 901
Built from NANPA prefix assignments and US Census Bureau county boundaries. Area codes follow exchange boundaries, so county colours are approximate at the edges.
Area codeResidents' complaintsCalls showing it
615 · 6295,8213,228
423 · 7294,8333,026
8654,3901,842
9013,5771,855
9312,3821,583
7311,117718

Likely campaigns reaching Tennessee

10% of Tennessee's FTC complaints in the campaign window match one of these statistical groupings: many numbers, the same complaint, the same pattern. They don't identify who is calling.

Tennessee complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Tennessee consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.

Area codes most reported in Tennessee

The displayed area code of numbers reported by Tennessee consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached Tennessee

Prerecorded Voice
11,380
Live Voice
6,878
Abandoned Calls
2,323
Text Message
1,371
Autodialed Live Voice Call
109
Email
2
Wireless (cell phone)
14,756
Wired
4,662
Internet (VOIP)
2,659

Numbers Tennessee residents reported this month

The numbers Tennessee consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 7,043 reports in all, 1,131 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Tennessee residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    2,311
  • Debt reduction
    1,784
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    985
  • No subject given
    656
  • Dropped call / no message
    515
  • Medical & prescriptions
    506
  • Warranties & protection plans
    104
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    42

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Tennessee consumers

Ranked by how many Tennessee FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Tennessee reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Do Not Call protection in Tennessee

Tennessee is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Tennessee numbers are expected to check both lists. Registering on the federal list at donotcall.gov is free and never expires; the state list is administered separately and may have its own registration process and renewal period.

Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. In Tennessee, the Tennessee Attorney General also takes consumer complaints about scam calls.

Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.

Tennessee robocall FAQs

What are Tennessee robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Tennessee residents filed 24,855 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 22% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Tennessee using local numbers?

Often. 47% of the calls Tennessee residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 49% showed a Tennessee area code of any kind; 16% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Tennessee?

28% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 2pm and 5pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Tennessee residents file?

Tennessee consumers have filed 22,091 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 19,952 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 2.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Tennessee 18 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Tennessee have its own Do Not Call list?

Tennessee is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Tennessee numbers are expected to check both lists. Registering on the federal list at donotcall.gov is free and never expires; the state list is administered separately and may have its own registration process and renewal period.

Where do the calls reported in Tennessee come from?

The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in Tennessee may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Tennessee number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.

What kind of calls are reported most in Tennessee?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Tennessee, accounting for 11,380 of the 22,091 complaints (52%). Live Voice is second with 6,878.

Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly, and FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.